Historically INspired Cocktails

The Apple-Jack Downing

The cocktail, made with locally produced applejack brandy and apple cider with an apple slice garnish, is named for Andrew Jackson Downing, born in Newburgh in 1815. Downing was a famous horticulturalist who influenced American architecture and landscape design, and died a hero in 1852 while rescuing victims of a Hudson River steamboat accident. The “Apple Jack Downing” cocktail is the creation of mixologist Donnan Sutherland of Orchard Hill Cider Mill, Soons Orchards, New Hampton.